ISC BIND 9.11.0 < 9.16.42 / 9.11.3-S1 < 9.16.42-S1 / 9.18.0 < 9.18.16 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.16-S1 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.14 Vulnerability (cve-2023-2828)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(177464);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-2828");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0320-S");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0500-S");

  script_name(english:"ISC BIND 9.11.0 < 9.16.42 / 9.11.3-S1 < 9.16.42-S1 / 9.18.0 < 9.18.16 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.16-S1 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.14 Vulnerability (cve-2023-2828)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote name server is affected by a vulnerability vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2023-2828 advisory.

  - Every  named  instance configured to run as a recursive resolver maintains a cache database holding the
    responses to the queries it has recently sent to authoritative servers. The size limit for that cache
    database can be configured using the  max-cache-size  statement in the configuration file; it defaults to
    90% of the total amount of memory available on the host. When the size of the cache reaches 7/8 of the
    configured limit, a cache-cleaning algorithm starts to remove expired and/or least-recently used RRsets
    from the cache, to keep memory use below the configured limit. It has been discovered that the
    effectiveness of the cache-cleaning algorithm used in  named  can be severely diminished by querying the
    resolver for specific RRsets in a certain order, effectively allowing the configured  max-cache-size
    limit to be significantly exceeded.By exploiting this flaw, an attacker can cause the amount of memory
    used by a  named  resolver to go well beyond the configured  max-cache-size  limit. The effectiveness of
    the attack depends on a number of factors (e.g. query load, query patterns), but since the default value
    of the  max-cache-size  statement is  90% , in the worst case the attacker can exhaust all available
    memory on the host running  named , leading to a denial-of-service condition. (CVE-2023-2828)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2023-2828");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.16.42 / 9.16.42-S1 / 9.18.16 / 9.18.16-S1 / 9.19.14 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-2828");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:isc:bind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"DNS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("bind_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("bind/version", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');

vcf::bind::initialize();

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'BIND', port:53, kb_ver:'bind/version', service:TRUE, proto:'UDP');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

var constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '9.11.0', 'max_version' : '9.16.41', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.42' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.11.3-S1', 'max_version' : '9.16.41-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.42-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.0', 'max_version' : '9.18.15', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.16' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.11-S1', 'max_version' : '9.18.15-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.16-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.19.0', 'max_version' : '9.19.13', 'fixed_version' : '9.19.14' }
];
constraints = vcf::bind::filter_constraints(constraints:constraints, version:app_info.version);

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);